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One week after Gardner chewed a teammate out for chucking his helmet, his own helmet toss resulted in a bloody lip.

Yankees' Brett Gardner's angry helmet toss goes horribly wrong

Brett Gardner might want to take his own advice.

The Yankees outfielder expressed his frustration with going out in the sixth inning by hurling his helmet in frustration during Saturday's 8-4 loss against the Indians.

A crack off Gardner's bat went deep into mid-right field, where it had the potential to be a home run. However, Cleveland right fielder Jordan Luplow leaped up to snag the ball, crashing into the fence.

Gardner, who is 0-for-19 in his plate appearances, was so frustrated he hurled his helmet in the dugout, only to have it bounce back in his face.

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The result was six stitches and a fat, bloody lip.

"I won't throw my helmet again," Gardner told reporters after the game, via ESPN. "(It was) just frustration building up."

Gardner's mishap comes one week after he chewed one of his teammates out for throwing his helmet.

“I just got done telling DJ (LeMahieu) last week that he shouldn’t throw his helmet in the dugout,” Gardner said. “Obviously, I was frustrated, came in and threw my helmet, and it came back and hit me in the face.”

It's also not the first time Gardner has been injured from throwing a helmet — a few years ago while playing the Twins he ended up with a huge knot on his head when a tossed helmet ricocheted back at him.

"It came back and hit me in the head and gave me a big goose egg," Gardner said.

As for the pain from his current injuries, Gardner said being hit in the mouth wasn't the worst part.

“Not as bad as getting the stitches put in,” he said.

Gardner, 35, has a .217 batting average with eight home runs and 21 RBIs this season.

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